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ReviewPalliative care and social practice2022

The safety and efficacy of using moxibustion and or acupuncture for cancer-related insomnia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Carol Chunfeng Wang, Ellen Yichun Han, Mark Jenkins, Xuepei Hong, Shuqin Pang, Lisa Whitehead, Deborah L Kirk, Anne Williams

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Review in Palliative care and social practice, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Carol Chunfeng WangCarol Chunfeng Wang Researcher and Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA 6027, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6672-7187
Ellen Yichun HanSchool of Pharmacy, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
Mark JenkinsEdith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Xuepei HongSchool of Nursing, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China.
Shuqin PangSchool of Nursing, Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Fuzhou, China.
Lisa WhiteheadSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Deborah L KirkSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Anne WilliamsDiscipline of Nursing, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia.
Edith Cowan University · AUFujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNMurdoch University · AUThe University of Western Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis study aimed to synthesise the best available evidence on the safety and efficacy of using moxibustion and/or acupuncture to manage cancer-related insomnia (CRI).

methodsThe PRISMA framework guided the review. Nine databases were searched from its inception to July 2020, published in English or Chinese. Randomised clinical trials (RCTs) of moxibustion and or acupuncture for the treatment of CRI were selected for inclusion. Methodological quality was assessed using the method suggested by the Cochrane collaboration. The Cochrane Review Manager was used to conduct a meta-analysis.

resultsFourteen RCTs met the eligibility criteria. Twelve RCTs used the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) score as continuous data and a meta-analysis showed positive effects of moxibustion and or acupuncture (

conclusionThe meta-analyses demonstrated that moxibustion and or acupuncture showed a positive effect in managing CRI. Such modalities could be considered an add-on option in the current CRI management regimen.

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acupuncturecancerinsomnialiterature reviewmeta-analysismoxibustion

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PMID35036916
PMCPMC8755931
OpenAlexW4205701341

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